There’s this meme from a while ago that observes the fact that the 80’s and early 90’s weren’t as colourful and flashy as most media make them out to be. In fact almost everything ranging from clothing to furniture to advertising was a drab shade ranging between dark brown to orange.
Every once in a while you’d get a toy or a household appliance that would be a bright neon colour and it would be considered hi tech advanced fancy stuff (until it broke the next day).
Nowadays you’d have to look hard for dark brown/orange drab stuff. They make dark brown/orange stuff but it usually is made of a veneer of fancy wood and it’ll cost you an arm and a leg. (And then it breaks the very next day)
60’s Paisley, tie dye & macrame 70’s Brown, orange & golden yellow. Plus a little beige. 80’s Neon, black, sparkly, & hairspray. 90’s pastel colors plus burgundy and forest green.
Turns out I grew up among hand down materials from the previous decade.